Microsoft's decision earlier this year to lay off 7,800 more employees, mostly from its phone division, greatly impacted the number of women that are employed by the company. In the annual update to Microsoft's employee diversity and inclusion among its workforce, stated the percentage of women in its workforce went down from 29 percent in September 30, 2015 to 26.8 percent in September 30, 2015.
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